Designing Conservation Villages with Greg Ramsey

Citizen Farmers

In this episode, Farmer D interviews his long time collaborator Greg Ramsey to explore his influences, philosophy and tools for designing farm-based conservation communities.
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Show Notes:
Hugh Lovel

Community Land Trusts (CLTs)

Village Habitat Design

Conservation Communities

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Credits:

Co-Produced and Recorded by Daron Joffe and Ben Bernstein
Audio Editing by Sarah Milligan
Music by Ben Bernstein
About Farmer D:
Farmer D is a nationally recognized biodynamic farmer, designer, speaker, entrepreneur and educator.
He is the author of the acclaimed book "Citizen Farmers: The Biodynamic Way to Grow Healthy Food, Build Thriving Communities and Give Back to the Earth" and has spent the past 25 years designing and building community farms and gardens all over the country.
Farmer D has worked on a wide range of public and private farm development projects ranging from residential “agrihood” communities like Serenbe and Rancho Mission Viejo to non-profit projects such as Coastal Roots Farm and Camp Twin Lakes.

About Greg Ramsey:
Greg Ramsey is a village and conservation community designer and planner that has been collaborating with Farmer D for twenty years. He has helped plan, design, and develop Agrivillages as Conservation Communities for master planned communities, conservation oriented developers, heritage and foundation lands, and intentional communities. While working with Farmer D, Greg brings his planning experience by integrating farms and natural habitats into the development of hamlets and villages and intentional communities.

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